Onobrosi
Onobrosi. Dy.: Folia habet lenticule similia et minora, asta duobus palmis longa, florem feniceum habet. Cuius radix minor est. Nascitur locis humidis et cultis.
Apparatus:
asta ABC | astam e
duobus ABC | duabus e
longa AC | lunga B | longam e
feniceum AC | fenicinum B e
cuius radix AC | radix eius B e
Translation:
Onobrosi (cock's head). Dioscorides : "It has leaves similar to those of lentil but smaller, its stem is two palms long, it has a scarlet flower. Its root is smaller. It grows in wet and cultivated grounds."
Commentary:
This plant is Cock's head (Onobrychis caput-galli).
This is a quotation of translation-C of Dioscorides, ed. Stadler, 3, 163 (1899: 443), de onobrosis).
Original Greek chapter by Dioscorides: ὀνοβρυχίς /onobrychís/ (3, 153, ed. Wellmann, 1906-14: II.160-1).
--Marie Cronier 14:57, 29 March 2012 (BST)